Jill Belch 4 a green & happy Strathmore

03/12/2023

president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of . The comments were “incredibly concerning” & “verging on climate denial”, scientists said, & they are at odds with the position of most right thinking people.

Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

03/12/2023

The can bring a health crisis. Diseases will spread & research is needed now
How scientists are fighting climate-fuelled disease. “Almost all of them move to sit against the wall of mesh closest to the scientist. They're hungry.”

As leaders gather in Dubai for the UN climate summit, experts say global warming is having a ‘profound effect' on health.

02/12/2023

Misleading headline, . 50 companies to stop adding to planet-warming gases by 2050 - TOO LATE. It only covers emissions from production, not BURNING - it wont tackle climate change.

UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuel

Countries and companies pledge more renewables and emissions cuts but critics say the measures fall short.

02/12/2023

Important Scottish Govt consultation: This consultation seeks your views on the Scottish Government’s proposed principles and considerations in developing policy for the future of the water industry in Scotland in response to the climate emergency.

Find and participate in consultations run by The Scottish Government

02/12/2023

: US joined Powering Past Coal Alliance committing to close coal-fired power plants, & putting pressure on world’s biggest coal burner, China
Coal is the dirtiest , producing 40% emissions, phase out essential to fighting . US world’s 3rd biggest coal-burning country. US deadline for ending coal is 2035, 5y after 2030 date to keep global heating below 1.5C

Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel – about 40% of fossil fuel emissions – and its phase out is essential to fighting the climate crisis

02/12/2023

Best reason to make political donations illegal. Fund MPs through the state & stop destroying bribes.
: energy companies not only ones with carbon addiction. Other carbon-intensive industries including meat will fight to keep on polluting.

Editorial: Just like oil and gas businesses, and petro-states, carbon-intensive industries including meat will fight to keep on polluting

01/12/2023

What Sunak claims about the UK’s climate record – and the reality

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/rishi-sunak-claims-uk-climate-record-reality?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

01/12/2023

About time. Let’s hope action on the emissions is promised too, not just a counting exercise.
COP: 134 nations promise to include emissions (those warming gases that warm the atmosphere) from food & agriculture in their national plans to tackle .

More than 130 countries at COP28 say they will consider farming in their plans to limit global warming.

01/12/2023

How toxic air is affecting mental health in Rome. People living in areas with higher particle pollution had a greater chance of developing schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.

Study explores link between higher particle pollution and conditions such as anxiety disorders and depression

01/12/2023

How problematic is mineral mining for electric cars?
The verdict: “The data leaves little doubt resource extraction will be significantly lower for electric cars compared with their petrol or diesel equivalents”. (PS also 40x LESS likely to go on fire)

In part two of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up the issues of resource extraction

30/11/2023

We need a Brexit inquiry. This is a good read .

The Covid inquiry has shone a light on the government’s pandemic response. Now it’s time for scrutiny of another national disaster

30/11/2023

Foxes are your friend 🦊

30/11/2023

Number of Brits who believe Brexit has gone very well now practically extinct… we need to look at rejoining. People make mistakes, but they usually try to correct them…

The polling has been released after Ursula von der Leyen suggested the next generation could put the UK on a path to rejoining the EU.

30/11/2023

"If we do not signal the terminal decline of the fossil fuel era as we know it, we welcome our own terminal decline," the head of the UN climate body (UNFCC) said.
"And we choose to pay with people's lives."

COP28 in Dubai opens with a huge victory for developing nations thanks to a new fund to pay for climate damages, but rows over the future of fossil fuels and who coughs up the cash loom large over the conference.

29/11/2023

is not what it should be, for sure….
Most sponsors of Cop28 have not signed up to UN-backed net zero targets. Firms including Bank of America have made no commitment to cut emissions in line with target system, analysis finds.

Firms including Bank of America have made no commitment to cut emissions in line with target system, analysis finds

29/11/2023

10 ways the climate crisis and nature loss are linked. The natural world is caught in a vicious cycle – extreme weather is destroying natural habitats and wildlife, yet these are crucial to fighting the .

The natural world is caught in a vicious cycle – extreme weather is destroying natural habitats and wildlife, yet these are crucial to fighting the climate crisis

29/11/2023

💡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland offers the most generous package of support anywhere in the UK for warmer, greener homes.

You can get a £7,500 grant for switching to a heat pump, with similar help for energy efficiency work.

Read more here: https://greens.scot/news/at-a-glance-greener-warmer-homes-for-scotland

29/11/2023

From tree planting to ‘sponge cities’: why nature-based solutions are crucial to fighting the climate crisis. But without stopping new we will still reach +2.5oC minimum.

Nature could hold the key to protecting humanity as the planet heats, but scientists say it is still an underused option

29/11/2023

The continued destruction of nature across the planet will result in major shocks to food supplies & safe water, disappearance of unique species & loss of landscapes central to human culture and leisure by the middle of this century, experts have warned.

The climate crisis, invasive species, overexploitation of resources and pollution could break down crucial ecosystems. We asked experts to lay out the risks and offer some solutions

28/11/2023

We need this in Scotland,. Most planted by developers in my area gone in a few years….
Housebuilders in England may be made to look after trees they plant.
- aftercare must be included in targets, after concerns that many trees are dying.

Minister says aftercare must be included in targets, after concerns from woodland experts that many trees are dying

28/11/2023

Toxic “forever chemicals” detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by.

Exclusive: Experts ‘alarmed’ after potentially toxic chemicals detected in sources at 17 of England’s 18 water firms

28/11/2023

The four "innovative" trees have joined the city's "living" tree and other designs outside the City Churches.

28/11/2023

Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage. Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund.

Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund

28/11/2023

Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand

28/11/2023

We are poisoning our world 😢.
Levels of toxic PCB chemicals found at 30 times ‘safe’ limits in stranded whales. Studies of cetaceans stranded in UK waters show high levels of toxins 20 years since global ban of most PCBs.

Studies of cetaceans stranded in UK waters show high levels of toxins 20 years since global ban of most PCBs, say scientists

28/11/2023

Transatlantic flight using 100% green fuels to take off.
a Boeing 787 will be filled with 50 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. 2 types being used, with 88% derived from waste fats and the rest from the wastes of corn production in the US.

Virgin Atlantic will fly the first big passenger plane using 100% alternative fuels from London to New York.

28/11/2023

Toxic gas putting millions at risk in Middle East. The UAE banned flaring 20y ago, but satellite images show it is continuing. Gasses are now spreading hundreds of kilometres across the region.
from wells in Iraq, Iran & Kuwait also seen.

The UAE, hosts of the COP28 climate summit, are breaking their own ban on gas flaring, the BBC finds.

28/11/2023

When the oil chief was announced as COP28 president in January, campaigners like 350.org likened it to "appointing the CEO of a cigarette company to oversee a conference on cancer cures".
Can oil boss really run a climate conference?
https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-sultan-al-jaber-and-can-an-oil-boss-really-run-a-climate-conference-13016682

When the oil chief was announced as COP28 president in January, campaigners likened it to "appointing the CEO of a cigarette company to oversee a conference on cancer cures".